1

1
Comment simpliquer dans le PC7Les prochains
appels aux propositions Conférence
WINDS-CaribeMartinique, 12 Décembre 2008

• Klaus Pendl
• Commission Européen
• DG Société de lInformation et Media
• Unité Relations Internationales

2
ICT Work Programme 2009-10Calls for proposals
eInfrastructures9 Dec 089,6 M
End-to-end Systems, Socio-economic Goals
Call 419 Nov 08 801 M
Call 624 Nov 09 286 M
Call 531 July 09722 M
Future and Emerging Technologies
Technology Roadblocks
FET Open19 Nov 09 61 M
ICT Energy8 December 08 20 M
3
Upcoming calls for proposalsTiming Budget

• ICT Call 4 open 19/11/2008 1/04/2009EUR 801
  million
• ICT Call 5 open 31/07/2009 3/11/2009EUR 722
  million
• ICT Call 6 open 24/11/2009 13/04/2009EUR 286
  million
• FET Open open 19/11/2008 31/12/2010EUR 61
  million
• Joint Call ICT Energy 8/12/2008
  31/03/2009EUR 20 million (10/10 ICT/Energy)
• Research infrastructures (Capacities) 9/12/2008
  17/03/2009 EUR 9.6 million (of which EUR 4
  million international cooperation)

4
ICT Call 4

• Indicative budget 801m
• 19 Objectives covering all Challenges except Ch 4
  -Digital libraries and content
• 3 FET Proactive Initiatives FET Coordination
  and support actions
• International cooperation
• General accompanying measures
• Call launch 19 November 2008
• Call close 1 April 2009 17h00
• Evaluations May/June
• ESRs mid/end-June

5
Call 4, 19 Nov 08 1 Apr 09, 801 M

6
FET Open

• Indicative budget 61m
• Challenging Current Thinking (foundational
  breakthroughs opening radically new forms of uses
  of ICT)
• Call launch 19 November 2008
• Call close 31 December 2010
• International Cooperation should exploit
  synergies in the global science and technology
  scene, to increase impact and to raise the level
  of excellence world-wide

7
ICT-ENERGY Joint call

• Indicative budget for joint call 10m 10m
• Novel ICT solutions for Smart Electricity
  Distribution Networks
• Call launch 8 December 2008
• Call close 31 March 2009 17h00

8
Research Infrastructures

• Support to policy development and programme
  implementation 4m
• Studies, conferences and coordination actions
  supporting policy development in the context of
  international cooperation for e-Infrastructures
• Call launch 9 December 2008
• Call close 17 March 2009

9
Related call

• Capacities Programme INCONET Call, indicative
  budget 7,9m
• 1,5 M for Caribbean, CSA
• Call launch 3 September 2008
• Call close 12 January 2009 17h00

10
Future calls

• ICT Call 5 Indicative budget 722m
• 11 objectives (Ch 1,3,4)
• 3 FET Proactive Initiatives FET Coordination
  and support actions
• Call launch 31 July 2009
• Call close 3 November 2009 17h00

11
Future calls

• ICT Call 6 Indicative budget 287m
• 4 objective (Ch 2,4,5,6)
• 2 FET Proactive Initiatives FET Coordination
  and support actions
• International cooperation
• Call launch 24 November 2009
• Call close 13 April 2010 17h00

12
Horizontal International Cooperation
ActionsTotal Funding 12M

• b) Support uptake of EU ICT research results in
  developing economies
• Facilitate diffusion and local exploitation of
  ICT research results
• Testing of solutions adapted to local
  requirements, e.g.
• ICT for public services (e.g. e-government,
  e-health, )
• Business-related applications (e.g. e-commerce,
  m-banking)
• Solutions supporting sustainable development
  objectives, notably for the environment
• Networking of relevant technology developers with
  local users
• Target countries/regions
• ACP and Mediterranean Partner Countries other
  Developing Countries
• Call 6 Small and Medium-size focused projects /
  SICA, 5 M

13

• Les ingrédients essentiels pour une proposition?
• Apéro visuelle pour la présentation détaillé par
  Soraya Hidalgo

14
A strong team of complimentary partners
Photo Fiji Times
15
A good coordinator
PHOTO LAURENT THEILLET
16
Experienced partners
Photo Fiji Times
17
Strong partners
Photo Fiji Times
18
High flyers
PHOTO LAURENT THEILLET
19
Smaller, faster partners
Photo Planet Rugby
20
A testbed
Photos Panoramic
21
Competition
Photo Blog1Max
22

• klaus.pendl_at_ec.europa.eu
• Merci pour votre attention !

23
How to get started? CORDIS http//cordis.europa.eu
/fp7/ict/
24
Partner Search

• Use your contacts in Europe
• CORDIS
• (cordis.europa.eu/fp6/dc/index.cfm?fuseactionUse
  rSite.FP6PartnersPage)
• IDEALIST http//www.ideal-ist.net/
• Dedicated Events (ICT Event, Proposers Day)

25
FP7 ICT Proposers Day
Budapest 22 January 2009

• Network
• Meet researchers with similar or complementary
  research interests
• Form project consortia
• Follow-up of the ICT Event in Lyon

• Obtain information
• Challenges and objectives of the Work Programme
• Instruments, contracts, rules for participation
• Around 100 Commission officials present

26
http//ec.europa.eu/ictproposersday
27
Some advice

• European Commission Contacts on CORDIS (for
  each call objective)
• Ask someone to evaluate your draft proposal
  (evaluation forms available on CORDIS)
• Proposal has to be in line with call text
• Use clear language (external experts)
• Use common sense - Not everything that is
  possible is advisable

28
Bonus Track

• Instruments, Financials, Evaluation

29
Funding schemes

• Collaborative projects (CP)
• to develop new knowledge, new technology,
  products, demonstration activities
• Two types small of medium-scale focused research
  actions (STREP), large-scale integrating projects
  (IP)
• Networks of Excellence (NoE)
• to strengthen ST excellence and to increase
  efficiency in the use of resources by
  restructuring/integration of capacities
• Coordination and support actions (CSA)
• aimed at coordinating or supporting research
  activities and policies (networking, exchanges,
  coordination of funded projects, studies,
  conferences, etc.)
• Two types Coordination Actions (CA), Specific
  Support Actions (SSA)

30
FP7 Calls

• FP7 is implemented through periodic Calls for
  Proposals
• average two Calls per year
• Calls are very competitive
• only the best proposals are selected (Call 1
  ICT priority 1836 proposals submitted, approx.
  6.9 bn requested 318 proposals retained,
  approx. 1.2 bn funding
• Proposals evaluated by independent experts on
  clear criteria
• scientific and/or technological excellence
  (relevant to the topics addressed by the Call)
• Quality and efficiency of the implementation and
  the management
• Potential impact through the development,
  dissemination and use of project results